Chennai panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 02:43 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:43
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:59 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:53
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 19:55
- Karana Balava until 17:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:43
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:31
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:35 – 03:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 03:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:53 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:36 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:40 Sagittarius
- 06:40 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:54 Pisces
- 11:54 – 13:42 Aries
- 13:42 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 17:56 Gemini
- 17:56 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:17 next day Libra
- 02:17 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:36 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method